Strange but True?

For similar uses, see Strange but true (disambiguation).

Strange but True? is a British supernatural documentary television series, presented by Michael Aspel, which explored supernatural phenomena and unexplained mysteries. It was produced by LWT and broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1993 and 1997. A pilot episode in May 1993 proved popular, and led to four series, including the third which was given the title of Strange but true? encounters. It achieved viewing figures of up to 12 million in the UK alone.

The series explored a number of aspects of unexplained activity, from ghosts and poltergeists, to near-death experiences, vampires and aliens. One episode featured an apparent communication from aliens in the year 2109. Other episodes featured phenomena including "phantom hitchhikers" and 11th-century monks in haunted castles. The live episode in June 1997 was screened to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting – the case from where the term 'Flying saucer' first entered popular vocabulary. The story consultant for Strange but True? was Jenny Randles.

In 1994, a companion book of the same name was released, authored by Peter A. Hough and Jenny Randles, ISBN 0-7499-1459-9. A sequel, Strange but true? casebook, was authored in 1995 by Jenny Randles, ISBN 0-7499-1558-7.

Episodes

Series	Episode (s)	Name	Air date
1	1	UFO sightings/Reincarnation (see Zigmund Adamski & Jenny Cockell)	21 May 1993 (pilot)
	2	Chris Robinson's premonitions/Pete the poltergeist	28 October 1994
	3	Bonnybridge/Robert Taylor incident/Painless Penny	4 November 1994
	4	Dover Castle/Lorraine Ham – The psychic healer	11 November 1994
	5	Nella Jones – Crime-solving psychic/Millboro (past lives)	18 November 1994
	6	Heaven and back (Near-death experiences)/Borley rectory	25 November 1994
	7	Stocksbridge bypass/Angels	2 December 1994
	8	The Rendlesham incident	9 December 1994
2	9	Faith healer/Past memories	8 September 1995
	10	Time slip/Haunted trawler	15 September 1995
	11	Pet healers/Muncaster Castle	22 September 1995
	12	Miracles	29 September 1995
	13	Cursed stone/Phantom hitch-hiker	6 October 1995
	14	Dowsing/Near-death experience	13 October 1995
	15	Enfield poltergeist	20 October 1995
	16	The Jim twins/Flitwick ghost	27 October 1995
	17	Etta Smith	3 November 1995
	18	UFOs – Pilots/UFOs – Kaikoura lights	10 November 1995
3	19	Venetian Palace incident	30 August 1996
	20	Cornish sea monster/Exorcist's story	6 September 1996
	21	Past life/Pluckley – The most haunted village in England	13 September 1996
	22	Gulf breeze UFO incident	20 September 1996
	23	Paranormal on camera/Ghost planes of the peaks	27 September 1996
	24	Chingle Hall/Psychic detective Part 1	4 October 1996
	25	Psychic detective Parts 2 and 3	11 October 1996
	26	Life beyond death/The haunted bomber	18 October 1996
	27	Alien abduction	25 October 1996
	28	Psychic pets/The mystery of dark peak	1 November 1996
	29	Strange, but true? – Special live episode!	27 June 1997
4	30	Paranormal on camera/Twin co-incidences	5 September 1997
	31	Littlecote House/Skiers on Bavarian alps	12 September 1997
	32	Remote viewing (David Morehouse)	19 September 1997
	33	The Falkirk triangle/Beast of Durham – The Fishburn puma	26 September 1997
	34	John Rapheal (Past life)/Premonitions	2 October 1997
	35	The curse of Tutankhamun	9 October 1997
	36	Lucid dreams/Psychic children	16 October 1997
	37	Bigfoot/Ouija boards	23 October 1997
	38	The galway poltergeist	30 October 1997
	39	Andrew Green the ghostbuster/Psychic pets	7 November 1997

Further reading

• Peter A. Hough and Jenny Randles. (1994) Strange, but true?. ISBN 0-7499-1459-9.
• Jenny Randles (1995) Strange, but true? casebook. ISBN 0-7499-1558-7.

External links

• Strange, but true? at TV.com.